20+ horror e-books you can get for free (or 99 cents) this Terrify Your Tablet Day

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Time to stock up on literary scares: Today (Thursday, Oct. 3) is Terrify Your Tablet Day.

Hosted by Horrorsmith Publishing for the second year in a row, the 24-hour event is effectively a horror-only version of Stuff Your Kindle Day, where participating authors make their e-books available for free or just 99 cents. Unlike the titles featured in Stuff Your Kindle Day, however, Terrify Your Tablet Day-eligible ebooks are available across several platforms, including Kindle, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Scribd, and via direct download.

There are hundreds of ebooks featured in this year’s Terrify Your Tablet Day, and you can see the full list on Horrorsmith’s website; it’ll be uploading titles in waves throughout the day. Below, we’ve pulled a selection of Kindle horror picks from the first upload to get you started:

Free horror e-books

21 Dares (Stephen Barnard) — $0 $2.99

And Then There Was Silence (Candace Robinson) — $0 $2.99

Along About Midnight (Dorian J. Sinnott) — $0 $2.99

Black Death (David Hardy) — $0 $2.99

Dark Songs (Keith Evans) — $0 $2.99

From Dark Waters and Woods (Amanda Leanne) — $0 $2.99

Home (Ben Young) — $0 $2.99

Mind the Mirrors (Amanda Leanne) — $0 $2.99

The Salem Legacy (Paul Carro) — $0 $6.99

Smilin’ Sam’s Corn Maze (Stephanie P. Scissom) — $0 $0.99

To Eat You With You (Kayla Burt) — $0 $2.99

The Triangle Forest (Edward Flora) — $0 $2.99

Who is Mara Wildes? (Amanda East) — $0 $2.99

$0.99 horror e-books

Note: Most of the following titles are free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers. Amazon Prime members can snag a free three-month trial for a limited time.

Abject Fear (Paul Carro) — $0.99 $6.99 (save $6)

Awake In The Night (Shauna Mc Eleny) — $0.99 $5.99 (save $5)

Ditch of the Damned and Other Tales (Ryan Hoyt) — $0.99 $3.99 (save $3)

Hole: A Small Town Horror Novel (Matthew Doggett) — $0.99 $14.99 (save $14)

The Naughty Corner (Mark Towse) — $0.99 $15.99 (save $15)

The Original’s Retribution (David Watkins) — $0.99 $2.99 (save $2)

The Original’s Return (David Watkins) — $0.99 $2.99 (save $2)

Saltblood (T.C. Parker) — $0.99 $4.99 (save $4)

Sudden Death (Theresa Jacobs) — $0.99 $7.50 (save $6.51)

Territory (Dan Howarth) — $0.99 $5.99 (save $5)

The Zombie Effect (Theresa Jacobs) — $0.99 $9.99 (save $9)

We’ve Already Gone Too Far (MJ Mars) — $0.99 $5.99 (save $5)

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